FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Project Application ID:
Funding Request:
Matching Share:
Total Project Cost:
2008-003
$42,400
$42,400
$84,800
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROPOSAL
Applicant Information
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Applicant/Organization Walker Range Forest Protection Association
Type of Applicant: Nonprofit Organization
Contact Person: Echo Murray
Address: P.O. Box 665
City Gilchrist
State Oregon
Zip: 97737
Phone: 5414332451
Ext.
Call Ahead for FAX:
FAX: 5414332215
Phone (Work/Cell):
Email: emurray@odf.state.or.us
Project Information
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Name of Project: Wagon Trail Fuel Reduction
Proposed Start Date: 5-2008
Proposed End Date:
City: Gilchrist
State:
County: Klamath
Congressional District:
Latitude (decimal degrees): 43
Longitude (decimal degrees):
Please indicate planned treatments and associated acres
11-2009
Oregon
5
121
Total Actual Project Acres: 0
Treatment (1)
Acres Treatment (2)
Acres
Total Treatment Acres
Thinning
40
0
Treatment (3)
Acres Treatment (4)
Acres
80
Chipping
40
0
Treatment (5)
Acres Treatment (6)
Acres
Cost Per Acre
0
0
Treatment (other-A) Acres Treatment (other-B)
Acres
$1,060.00
0
0
Please indicate how this project relates to a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP):
This community has a wildfire protection plan that follows the Healthy Forest Restoration Act
CWPP guidelines.
yes
This project is identified in the CWPP.
yes
Name of CWPP Walker Range Forest Protective Association
Name of Community at Wagon Trail Ranch Phase 1
Risk:
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Project Area Description
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Provide a brief overview of the project and the project area. (If applying for a fuels reduction
project, identify vegetation types, fire regime) [1500 Characters Maximum]
The project area is located in Klamath County, west of highway 97. Specific legal location is T23S
R09E Section 1 & 12. Wagon Trail Ranch (WTR) located adjacent to Federal and private lands has
experienced rapid growth and development. The current condition of the lodgepole pine forest is a
mixture of highly flammable material, including blow down, bunch grass, bitterbrush shrubs and
dense thickets of lodgepole pine saplings and poles. During 90th percentile summertime weather
condtions, the combination of dense vegetation and flashy surface fuel loading conditions create a
potential for a high intensity crown fire that is difficult to suppress and is a significant threat to life
and property. The goals of this project are to modify the vegetation that would result in decreasing
fire behavior, create denfensible space, untilize biomass and improve forest health as guided by the
Walker Range Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Fuel treatments implemented in this area will
help protect approximately 160 residences with a cumulative value of over 10 million dollars. Phase
1 of this project encompasses approximately 40 acres along the western side of the subdivision. It
will include thinning, chipping and pruning of lodgepole. Trees less than 11" DBH and below
within in the fuelbreak area will be treated mechanically with an approx. spacing of 16'x16'.
Approimately 60% of the brush component will be removed. All other common areas will be
thinned to 12"x12" spacing and pruned.
Project Timeline
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Provide a timeline for the project. [500 Characters Maximum]
Within Walker Range District (WRPA) project work is completed April through October. Project
should be completed within a years time span contingent upon weather and fire season. Work would
commence as soon as snow cover was gone and continue until fall, then start again next spring if
needed. Spring 2008 through spring 2009.
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Scope of Work
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Provide a brief scope of work which clearly describes how grant funds will be spent. (This
should be more specific than the project description) [1500 Characters Maximum]
Phase one of the WTR treatment area encompasses approximately 40 acres. It includes a 6 acre 66'
fuelbreak along the northwest corner of the ranch property. Treatment consists of mechanical
thinning with a spacing of 16'x16' with pruning 8' to 10' from ground level. Activity generated fuels
will be piled and burned or chipped. An additional 32 acres within the other common residential
areas will have mechanical thinning with an approximate spacing of 12'x12' with pruning 8' to10'
above ground level. Activity generated fuels will be chipped, and/or re-utilized within community
or local mills as firewood, post/poles etc as applicable.
*Reduce surface forest fuel loading
*Reduce ladder fuels
*Reducing the number of trees with interlocking crowns that contribute to crown fire initiation and
crown fire spread
*Maintaining forest stand conditions that favor fire resistant tree species in short interval and mixed
severity fire regimes.
*Meet Senate Bill 360 Standards
*Develop additional wildlife habitat
*Maintain animal migration zones
*Preserve exisiting wildlife habitat.
Interagency Collaboration
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Specify the private, local, tribal, county, state, federal and/or non-governmental [501(c)(3)]
organizations that will contribute to or participate in the completion of this project. Describe
briefly the contributions each partner will make (i.e. – donating time/equipment, funding, etc.)
[500 Characters Maximum]
WTR > traffic control, perimeter security, firewatch, community liasions & project oversite. WRPA
> project consultation, hazard assessments, contract administration, crews and equipment. Lapine
RFPD > consultation and hazard assessments.
BLM will complete work on their WTR Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project. Crescent Ranger
District proposed Five Buttes project SW of WTR. Cascade Timberlands WTR Reduction in 2006.
Through Klamath County prioritization & WRPA CWPP this grant is ranked #2.
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Project Longevity / Maintenance
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Clearly describe how the proposed treatments will be maintained over time. [500 Characters
Maximum]
After initial treatment is completed maintenance will be by the Homeowner's Association through
work projects within it's membership which will include incidental/as needed small diameter thinning,
weedwackers and/or mowing on a five year rotation
Biomass Utilization
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For the purpose of this application, biomass utilization is defined as any practicable end-use of the material that
has value, or the trading of capital for the woody material.
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Biomass from treatment(s) will be utilized. (check one)
yes
no
1) If yes, how is it planned to be used, or what is the end-result (wood products, steam/energy,
mulch etc.) [500 Characters Maximum]
Where applicable activity generated fuels will be utilized for chipping(Biomass), firewood, log, and
post and poles through the local post and pole mill. Some chipping by products will be utilized within
the community infrastructure for landscaping, dust abatement, and animal or livestock bedding. In
addition some post, poles and firewood will be utilized within the community infrastructure for
maintencne projects on common properties or as heating assistance for low income or disabled
members.
2) Identify company or contractors involved in project utilization. [250 Characters Maximum]
Wagon Trail Ranch, M & L Enterprises Mill, Interfor Pacific Mill and Walker Range. Also would
utilize the Silvan Power Company biomass plant in LaPine if approved and functioning.
3) Estimate anticipated value of biomass to be removed ($/Green Ton; $/Bone-dry Ton;
$/Hundred Cubic Feet (CCF), $/Acre Treated) [250 Characters Maximum]
Green material will consist mostly of posts, poles, firewood and chips. Averaging two tons per acre.
40 acres (80 tons) treated green material at $ 18.00/ton = $ 1,440.00.
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Project Budget
Cost Category
Description
Federal
Agency
Matching Share
Applicant
WTR
Total
Lapine RFPD
Personnel
$2,000.00
Contract Administration
$3,000.00
WTR Members
Subtotal $5,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$5,000.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$14,500.00
$3,000.00
$17,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
Subtotal $1,000.00
$2,400.00
$0.00
$2,400.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$2,500.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$5,900.00
$0.00
$5,900.00
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$400.00
$0.00
Subtotal $400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$400.00
$0.00
$400.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$32,000.00
$4,000.00
$36,000.00
$0.00
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
$0.00
$11,000.00
$11,000.00
$0.00
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$0.00
$25,000.00
$25,000.00
Fringe Benefits
Travel
Contract Admin
Equipment
Supplies
Chipper Blades
Contractual
$32,000.00
Mechanical Thinning
$4,000.00
Chipping
Subtotal $36,000.00
Other
Admin
In Kind
$0.00
$0.00
Subtotal $0.00
Total Costs
$42,400.00
$18,400.00
$18,500.00
$5,500.00
$84,800.00
Project (Program) Income1
(using deductive alternative)
1
Program income is the gross revenue generated by a grant or cooperative agreement supported activity during the life of the grant.
Program income can be made by recipients from fees charged for conference or workshop attendance, from rental fees earned from
renting out real property or equipment acquired with grant or cooperative agreement funds, or from the sale of commodities or items
developed under the grant or cooperative agreement. The use of Program Income during the project period may require prior
approval by the granting agency.
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